Author Reads From Memoir on Breast-Cancer Fight Tonight
Brandy Worrall’s book is titled What Doesn’t Kill Us
Listen Up! July 8
Every Wednesday, we make a Spotify playlist containing tracks from artists covered in the current music section (though we left out Hinder on this one … sorry, Hinder fans!) Take a listen below.
Pittsburgh City Council introduces paid sick time legislation
Paid sick time legislation touted by public health experts, union groups, and environmental organizations.
Concert announcements: Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Blackalicious, Ky-Mani Marley, more
Welcome to this week’s edition of Concert Announcements! Seems that the newly announced show people are most excited about is Godspeed You! Black Emperor at Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall on September 23. Go and relive your college makeout sessions, or whatever ($25-30, on sale Friday). Also at the Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall: Peter Frampton on…
Pittsburgh City Council passes urban agriculture bill
Urban agriculture bill passes city council. City Paper has full report in its print edition tomorrow.
School kids learn to ride through the city streets thanks to Bike PGH’s Positive Spin
Kids learn the rules of the road from the seat of a bike.
Popular Author visits Wednesday with “Stand Your Ground”-themed novel
A new book’s themes are pulled from the headlines.
MP3 Monday, bonus round
For this week’s very special Tuesday edition of MP3 Monday, we bring you a new song from Tommy Magik and the Wonderfulls. The band releases its new EP, TMATW III at Club Cafe in the South Side on July 11. Listen to “Bouquet of Scissorkicks” below, or download it if you are so inclined. This…
Lynn Cullen Live 7/07/15
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. Lynn’s childhood and other topics. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
MP3 Monday: Bunny Five Coat
This week’s MP3 Monday comes to you from local punk rockers, Bunny Five Coat. Fresh off last month’s solid Anymore EP, the band is set to play at Howlers on July 17. “Old Town” comes from that same EP, and you can give it a download below. This download link has expired. Sorry!
A piece of CAKE at All Good
Contributor Ryan Smith recently caught up with CAKE in advance of the band’s headlining gig at this year’s All Good Music Festival (which you can read more about here) happening July 9 to 11 at Berry Hill Farm in Summit Point, West Va. Here’s what trumpeter/keyboardist/vocalist Vincent DiFiore had to say about this, that,…
Faces of Resilience
As it became clear that 2015 might match the spike in homicides that occurred last year in the city of Pittsburgh, Tiffani "Monique" Walker enlisted social media to raise awareness for local deadly violence. The internet talk show host and creator of Embrace Life Media established a Facebook page entitled "Stop the Killing, Embrace Life"…
Lynn Cullen 7/06/15
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. Women’s World Cup. Pill for cystic fibrosis. The science of air conditioning and heating. More on the presidential candidates for the primaries. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
Animal rights group protests local GFS location
Pittsburghers protest animal cruelty in the food industry.
Los Straitjackets play Club Cafe tonight
The Los Straitjackets dub themselves as the World’s leading practitioners of the guitar instrumental. And it’s true the Nashville-bred group has earned impressive notches on their belts cranking out more than 11 albums, recording with the likes of Tom Petty, The Reverend Horton Heat and El Vez (Mexican Elvis) and scoring a Grammy nomination. So…
The Magnetic Chart of 2016 Primary Awesomeness Welcomes Jim Webb
The Magnetic Chart of 2016 Primary Awesomeness Welcomes Jim Webb
CP Weekend Podcast – July 3 – 5, 2015
This week on the CP Weekend Podcast: Pittsburgh is jam packed with things to do this holiday weekend.
Lynn Cullen Live 7/2/15
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. Breathless fear mongering from the media. Trump as a candidate. The corporatizing of sports. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
Picking colors for Pittsburgh’s Three Sisters Bridges should not be a ‘publicity stunt’
The idea seems reasonable enough. Because the Three Sisters Bridges across the Allegheny River are about to undergo extensive renovations, why not ask the public what colors the bridges should be painted? The suggestion to paint the three (located at Sixth, Seventh and Ninth streets) came from a call-in show with Allegheny County Executive Rich…
Savage Love
This is going to sound like bragging, but my appearance is intrinsic to my kink. I’m a gay male gymnast. Most of the guys on my college team are annoyed by the kind of objectification we routinely come in for. (We actually don’t want to be auctioned off at yet another sorority fundraiser, thanks.) But…
Short List: July 1-7
FREE EVENT: Fri., July 3 — Art There’s a reason there’s a whole subgenre of horror films devoted to creepy dolls coming to life: Many dolls are inherently creepy. But people keep making dolls and buying them, not least the artists in Dollirious — The Art of the Doll. The new show at Most Wanted…
Stuff We Like
Smile. Who says crumbling infrastructure has to be sad? Along the Allegheny Passage, in Duquesne. The Pittsburgh Thunderbirds. Did you even know that we had a professional ultimate Frisbee team in Pittsburgh? The American Ultimate Disc League season is ongoing until July 18 and the Thunderbirds play home games at Cupples Field, in the…
All this rain means some vegetable are showing up early
If there is one positive aspect to all the rain we’ve been getting lately, it’s that all that water and humidity has been good for gardens. Our small garden box is overrun with plants growing at break-neck pace. The lettuce has been plentiful, the tomatoes are starting to grow, and my beloved jalapeños and chili…
A photography show goes Around the Body
AROUND THE BODY continues through July 14. be2, 3583 Butler St., Lawrenceville. 412-687-2606 or www.begalleries.com Around the Body is a provocative title for a collection of photographs. Presented at be2, this exhibition of ink-jet prints by Rebekah Alviani and Brenda Roger lives up to its name by delivering works rich in enticement and compelling with…
Sienna Mercato Mezzo
Sienna Mercato Mezzo 942 Penn Ave., Downtown. 412-281-2810 Hours: Mon.-Thu. lunch 11 a.m.-2 p.m.,dinner 5-10 p.m.; Fri. lunch 11 a.m.-2 p.m.,dinner 5-11 p.m..; Sat. 4-11 p.m..; Sun. 4-10 p.m. Prices: $5-20 Liquor: Full bar Sienna Mercato, the triple-decker restaurant on Penn Avenue in the Cultural District, has generated a ton of buzz. But we weren’t…
An exhibit traces the formative years of Andy Warhol, Philip Pearlstein and Dorothy Cantor
PEARLSTEIN, WARHOL, CANTOR: FROM PITTSBURGH TO NEW YORK continues through Sept. 6. The Andy Warhol Museum, 117 Sandusky St., North Side. 412-237-8300 or www.warhol.org It’s not always easy to appreciate an artist’s early or student work. Take, for instance, a Jackson Pollock that mimics Thomas Hart Benton or a figurative abstraction by Mark Rothko. But…
What’s behind the punch renaissance?
Let’s head back, way back, before the cocktail. I imagine the origins of punch to be something along the lines of, “And God said, ‘Let there be punch!’ And there was punch, and we drank it.” Hundreds of years later, we’re still drinking it, as punch makes a fresh renaissance from the sticky basements of…
Carolyn Wenning’s Studies in Topophilia
STUDIES IN TOPOPHILIA reopens Fri., July 3, and continues through August. 4823 Penn Ave., Garfield. carolynwenning.com Earlier this year, artist Carolyn Wenning spent a month in Estremoz, Portugal, where she created her latest series, currently on display at her studio in Garfield. Studies in Topophilia is the title of the exhibition inspired by the Portuguese…
Max
Max, a Belgian shepherd, is a U.S. Marine, stationed in Khandahar, Afghanistan. The mission goes wrong; Max’s handler, Kyle, is killed; and the dog returns stateside with PTSD. Max bunks down with Justin, Kyle’s disaffected younger brother. Each needs a friend. For the first 20 minutes, Max might be an OK movie, exploring the collateral…
Brewed at No Name Players
BREWED continues through July 11. No Name Players at Off the Wall Theater, 25 W. Main St., Carnegie. $15-20. nonameplayers.org It’s difficult to know what to think about No Name Players’ latest production, Chicago-based, Pittsburgh-born playwright Scott T. Barsotti’s tragi-comedy Brewed. No Name is, in my opinion, one of Pittsburgh’s little theatrical jewels, and even…
Saint Laurent
Chances are it’s rainy or hot (or both), so why not loll in the cool, dark of the theater surrendering to the off-kilter charms of Saint Laurent? Bertrand Bonello’s biography of iconic French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent is a loose, languid two-and-a-half-hour affair that favors the experiential over narrative. Saint Laurent covers Saint Laurent’s…
A conversation with Mudhoney’s Steve Turner
MUDHONEY with THE CYNICS, NOX BOYS. 7:30 p.m. Wed., July 8. Mr. Small’s Theatre, 400 Lincoln Ave., Millvale. $16-18. 412-821-4447 or www.mrsmalls.com In 1988, Mudhoney released its debut EP, Superfuzz Bigmuff. It’s hard to overstate the influence of that release on grunge music, and beyond: More than a quarter-century later, new bands still rip it…
Magic Mike XXL
The beefcake boys of Florida’s hottest male strip club are back, in Gregory Jacobs’ sequel to the 2012 hit. Unsurprisingly, the “plot” involves them practicing for and competing in a dance strip-off. Channing Tatum reprises his role as Magic Mike; Mount Lebanon’s Joe Manganiello is back as Big Dick Richie, as are Matt Bomer (“Ken”)…
The All Good Music Festival brings CAKE, Primus, Thievery Corporation and more within driving distance of Pittsburgh
ALL GOOD MUSIC FESTIVAL July 9-11. Berry Hill Farm, Summit Point, W.Va. $75-495. allgoodfestival.com For thousands of flocking festival-goers, things are about to get All Good at the feet of the Appalachian Mountains. Marking its return to wild, wonderful West Virginia, the All Good Music Festival — one of the mid-Atlantic region’s most musically stacked…
The Overnight
New to Los Angeles and seeking friends for themselves and their little boy, Alex (Adam Scott) and Emily (Taylor Schilling) are thrilled to meet an interesting parent, Kurt (Jason Schwartzman), at the playground. The kids get along, so Kurt invites Alex and Emily to dinner at his house, along with his wife, Charlotte (Judith Godrèche).…
The Jazz on the Steps series brings live music to Homewood residents
JAZZ ON THE STEPS. 5:30-7 p.m. Wednesdays through July 29. Homewood Carnegie Library, 7101 Hamilton Ave., Homewood. 412-731-3080 or carnegielibrary.org Leave work at 5:30 p.m. and you’ll hear the hustle and bustle of rush hour. Well, that is, unless you work in Homewood and happen to be going down Hamilton Avenue past the Homewood Carnegie…
Ted 2
The gang from the hit Ted — director Seth MacFarlane, actor Mark Wahlberg, the animated toy bear Ted (voiced by MacFarlane) and the surprise inclusion of “Buck Rogers” — got lucky. The 2012 comedy was low-brow, raunchy and went on too long, but it found enough freshness in its central gag — Ted is a…
Critics’ Picks, July 2-8
[ROCK] + FRI., JULY 3 Some artists, including Meghan Trainor and Frank Ocean, got their start by working behind-the-scenes for A-listers before becoming stars in their own right. theSHIFT hope to be the next rock band to make the 20-feet-from-stardom leap: The group of accomplished session musicians have been recruited in the past by John…
On issues of race, gender and sexual orientation, it’s time to get on the right side of history
I’ve always tried to be tolerant of other people’s opinions and beliefs. Even on issues where I’m strongly opposed to what they’re saying, I have tried to quash my indignation by remembering that “everyone is entitled to their opinion.” You’re against a woman’s right to choose? I disagree, but you’re entitled to your opinion. You…
New Releases
Grand Piano Sea EP Self-released grandpiano.bandcamp.com It’s a well-worn statement that critics bring out for the best animated movies, but Grand Piano’s Sea EP deserves it as well: This one should captivate both kids and parents, for different reasons. This reference comes to mind, partly because Sea sounds like a very brief (its seven tracks…
Topography, Age 19
I open my eyes: standing over me a black woman in a maid’s uniform. She quietly picks his clothes up from the floor. In a bed, on Long Island, still wearing my dress from last night. Beside me, he is snoring. It all comes back: running for the outdoor train up the escalator, almost to…
Pennsylvania education advocates making big push for fair school funding
Montgomery County, Montour County, Northumberland County, Allegheny County and Philadelphia. Shoulder to shoulder, hundreds from across the state stood on the white steps of the rotunda of the Pennsylvania Capitol in the Harrisburg last week. Clad mostly in blue T-shirts, the diverse crowd formed a backdrop with signs that read: “Fund Our Schools,” “All PA…
A Day with Strong Ambitious Women
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Lynn Cullen 7/1/15
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. The legacy of Bree Newsome. The battle over the dishwasher. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
Lynn Cullen Live 6/30/15
Video Archive You can listen to the audio archive here. The Monday Supreme Court rulings. Abortion access in Texas. Baron Batch and art. Audio Only Archive Listen to the Audio Archives on with our new Apple and Android Apps or the computer audio player.
